The Justin Bieber-Benjamin Netanyahu "summit" has become the latest to fall foul of PR and spin.
The teenage singer, in Israel for the first time to perform in Tel Aviv on Thursday, was understood to have asked for a meeting with Israel's Prime Minister.
However, after the star refused to meet a group of children from communities in southern Israel affected by the barrage of rockets sent by terrorists across the Gaza border, Mr Netanyahu said the meeting would not go ahead.
According to Israel's Ynet, a spokesman for the singer said: "We received a request from the Prime Minister's Office to meet Justin Bieber, and immediately afterwards the reports said that Bieber had asked to meet the prime minister.
